The makeup of a man – the three part nature of a man –the spirit, soul and the body :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

 As I had discussed at one point in my Christian walk –

 I really only saw myself as a 1 part man.

 I didn’t know that I had a spirit soul and body

But when I became born again

I clearly saw there was something more than the single dimension that I had lived in

Then I came across this scripture in 1st Thessalonians that says… …

1 Thessalonians 5:23 (KJV) 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The 3 parts of a man’s nature is this:

(1) Spirit - The part of man which deals with the spiritual realm. The part of man that God has redeemed.

(2) Soul – The part of man which deals with the mental realm. Man’s intellect. His sen¬sibilities and will. The part that reasons and thinks.

(3) Body - The part of man which deals with the physical realm. The house in which we live.

So as I did last week –

(1) I want you to begin thinking of yourself in a new light.

(2) Don’t think of yourself as just a physical being.

(3) Think of yourself as a spirit being who possesses a soul and lives in a body. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

MANS FIRST PART (DIMENSION – FACET) – IS THE SPIRIT

 Man is a spirit who possesses a soul and lives in a body.

 Man’s spirit is that part of him that knows God.

Jesus told the woman at the well in Samaria,

(John 4 :24)"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth".  It is through our spirit that we come to know God.

 So we know that God is a Spirit.

Last week we looked at a scripture in Ezekiel chapter 36

Ezekiel 36:26-27 (KJV) 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Ezekiel was prophesying ---- concerning the new birth.

 When a man is born again,  the spirit (which is the real man)  He is born again and the old man is gone.

T.T. 2 Corinthians 5:17

The old hard, stony heart is gone.

He is a new creature ---- You are borne again!!

Paul said in II Corinthians 5

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become